11/05/2026
A big reason is that this is not just about people losing access to a few shady reading sites.
A lot of scanlation circles reportedly rely on Korean raw suppliers upstream, and if those sources disappear or get harder to reach, the slowdown hits everybody down the line.
That includes fan translators, aggregator sites, and regular readers who have gotten used to near-instant uploads.
Details:
A new South Korea anti-piracy law is starting to hit illegal webtoon sites, and readers fear it could trigger a wider webtoon drought globally.